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Danny Biega (D)

Charlotte Checkers

Name:

Danny Biega

Number:

9

Position:

D

Shoots:

R

Height:

6-0

Weight:

200

Birthdate:

1991-09-29

Birth place:

Montreal, QC

Biography

Signed a three-year, entry-level contract with Carolina on 3/13/13 ... Drafted by Carolina in the 3rd round (67th overall) in 2010 ... Spent the entirety of his first professional season with the Checkers … Ranked third among Checkers rookies with 15 assists and 18 points … Made his season debut in the opening-night victory at OKC (10/4) … Picked up his first professional point in the regular season with an assist on Mark Flood’s power-play goal at GR (10/25) … Had the lone assist on Victor Rask’s goal at GR (10/30) … Posted a plus-2 rating in the Checkers’ 3-2 loss at TOR (11/19) … Assisted on Flood’s power-play goal with one second remaining in the second period vs. RFD (12/7) … Left the game vs. SA on 12/12 with an injury and did not return … Returned to the lineup vs. TEX (1/17) after missing 11 consecutive games due to injury …. Assisted on Rask’s goal and was plus-2 vs. TEX (1/18) … Picked up an assist on Justin Shugg’s goal, was plus-2 and fired a career-high five shots on goal vs. OKC (1/23) … Assisted on Zach Boychuk’s power-play goal to record points in consecutive games (2a) for the first time in his career vs. OKC (1/24) … Became the third Checkers player to score his first two professional goals in the same game (Jeremy Welsh, Beau Schmitz) with a pair of tallies at ABB (2/5) … Assisted on Michal Jordan’s goal to extend his point streak to a career-long three games (2g, 2a) vs. OKC (2/7) … Set up Shugg’s goal vs. ABB (2/16), giving him eight points (2g, 6a) in his last 12 games since 1/18 … Had the primary assist on an eventual game-winning goal by Brody Sutter at HER (3/1) … Broke a 2-2 tie just 48 seconds into the third period of an eventual 5-2 win for his first career game-winning goal and was plus-2 vs LE (3/15) … Recorded his second career multi-point game with a pair of assists at OKC (4/6) … Picked up his third assist in his last two games with a helper vs. GR (4/10)